Sabina Dosani, MBBS MSc PhD FRSM MRCPsych

I am a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, writer and researcher in the medical humanities. I have been honoured to be named a New Generation Thinker by the BBC (2022) and I am a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.

I read Medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, trained in psychiatry at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals and undertook further specialist training in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, London.

For a decade, while working as a junior doctor, I had a parallel career in medical journalism, working both freelance and as an editor at the British Medical Journal (BMJ). During that time I published six books: one for international medical graduates and five on mental health for the general reader.

My clinical interests are in paediatric neuropsychiatry and medicolegal work. I am an experienced expert witness in Family Court and in asylum cases involving minors, and in 2013 was appointed by the Lord Chancellor as a Medical Member of the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health).

My current writing develops in two distinct strands:

– Memoir: Flesh and Blood, represented by Natalia Lucas at United Agents, is a completed book about recurrent miscarriage and maternal grief, combining literary craft with critical reflection on reproductive ethics and the language of loss.

– Fiction: Zombie Pond is a medical-suspense novel set during the Covid-19 pandemic that uses gothic and psychological mystery to examine systemic failures in healthcare and to explore resilience, survival and institutional memory.

Alongside these books, I write essays such as “Products of Conception: Imaging and Imagining Maternal–Foetal Relationships” (Journal of Medical Humanities, 2025) and contribute creative and critical work to international journals and BBC Radio.

I hold degrees in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), two MSc degrees—in Mental Health Studies and in Medical Humanities (with distinction)—from King’s College London, and an AHRC-funded PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia.

I completed postgraduate training in psychiatry at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals and undertook sub-specialist training in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, London. I am a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) and also hold an additional qualification in systemic practice.

My academic interests centre on illness narratives, narrative medicine, life writing and the arts in health. I am particularly interested in how literature and creative-critical writing can transform clinical practice, enrich the ethics of care, and make visible experiences often marginalised in medical records.